Possession

Possession
A Demon (Supernatural) possessing a woman after leaving its previous host.
Power/Ability to:	Take over living beings.

"I am not Milton Fine, Superman...I am Vril Dox of the Planet Colu!! But I possess Fine's body...Fine's power!! I have become Brainiac and your master!!!"

― Vril Dox I/Brainiac to Superman (DC Comics) after taking control of Milton Fine's body

"Sorry kid, but you're MY puppet now!"

― Bill Cipher while inside Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls)

"A fruit loop would not have been able to make his first million with a series of invisible burglaries! A fruit loop would never have thought to overshadow enough millionaires to become one of the richest men on the planet! I AM NOT A FRUTT LOOP!"

― Vlad Masters/Plasmius's response to Danny calling him a fruit loop for spying on him (Danny Phantom)

The power to inhabit the body of a living being. Opposite to Exorcism.

Also Called

• Body Hijacking
• Body Possession
• Bodyjacking
• Overshadowing
• Psionic Possession
• Take-Over Magic

Capabilities

User can inhabit or take over the body of any living being, whether sentient or not, by stealing their motor functions and senses. Users may or may not have to leave their own body for this to take place. Disembodied users such as spirits may use the body as their own.

Applications

• Possession Attacks
  • Possession Slash
• Temporarily/permanently inhabit the body of the target.
• Take complete control of a target's body, even using it as your own (the target is then known as a vessel).
• Control a person's actions.
• The very spirit/soul can leave the body freely.
• Skilled users can possess multiple host bodies while retaining their own or even while occupying another vessel.
• When the user possesses a body, they gain the skills and powers of the body.
• Probe/gain access to the memories of the host body.
• Can possess a body which can be useful for espionage and can lie dormant inside the person's mind and body.
• Utilize as a last resort to escape a dying body and to achieve immortality.
• The overshadowed being might be able to fuse with them creating a new being.
• The user can invade/walk their victims dreams and manipulate it from there.

Techniques

• Possession Combat

Variations

• Animal Possession
• Assimilative Possession
• Biophysical Possession
• Empathic Possession
• Infestation/Orifice Invasion - Biological possession by entering the target's body.
• Meta-Possession
• Multi Possession
• Multilayered Possession
• Object Possession
• Partial Possession
• Possessive Body
• Possessive Power Absorption
• Possessive Replication
• Possession Magic
• Possessive Teleportation - Warping from host to host.
• Remote Possession
• Spirit Possession
• Technological Possession

Associations

• Astral Manipulation
• Astral Projection
• Body Manipulation - Alter the host to resemble their original forms.
  • Self-Manipulative Puppetry
• Consciousness Transferal
• Demon Physiology
• Meta-Possession
• Mind Manipulation
• Parasite Physiology
• Possessive Transformation
• Telepathy
• Voice Manipulation - to match the voice of the user possessing.

Limitations

• May be cast out of the host through Exorcism.
• Users of Indomitable Will are either resistant or immune.
• Cannot possess those with Possession Immunity or Control Immunity.
• Overtaken host may be able to fight back for their body.
• May be banished/purify through Omni Purification
• May need to focus to return to original body.
• May be overpowered by the host, placing the inhabitant in a sleep-like state.
• May have to touch the target for transfer to be made.
• May only work with one body at a time for new users.
• May only be able to use another's body with the host's permission.
• May be banished through Purification.
• May need to switch bodies often in order to preserve their life.
• May die if the host is killed.
• User's presence may cause damage to the host (sheer power, physiology rejection, etc.).
  • May kill the host in the process by "crushing" them from the inside.
• The inhabitant's actual body may be vulnerable to attack and the inhabitant may die or become trapped in the host if the possessor's body is damaged/destroyed beyond repair.
• May not have control over the host body, but simply influence the host with Mind Control.
• Users of Telepathy may be resistant or immune.
• May require specific host bodies.

Known Users

See Also: Body Snatcher, Body Surf, Demonic Possession and Grand Theft Me.

Cartoons

• The Lich (Adventure Time)
• Carrie Krueger (The Amazing World of Gumball)
• Starscream/Waspinator (Beast Wars)
• Ectonurites (Ben 10)
  • Ghostfreak
  • Zs' Skayr
• Decoy Queen (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Alpha (Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United)
• Diagon (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Makuta Teridax (BIONICLE)
• Jealousy (The Amazing World of Gumball)
• Colonel H. Stinkmeaner (The Boondocks)
• Casper (Casper the Friendly Ghost)
• X.A.N.A. (Code Lyoko)
• Demon in the Mattress (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
• Ghosts and Half-Ghost (Danny Phantom)
  • Danny Fenton/Phantom
  • Vlad Masters/Plasmius
• Billy Joe Cobra (Dude, That's My Ghost)
• Invictus (Final Space)
• World (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
• Possessor Glitches (Glitch Techs)
• Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
• Ma and Pa (Gravity Falls)
• Billy (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• Shendu (Jackie Chan Adventures)
• Ghosts (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
  • Cole
• Unity (Rick and Morty)
• Aku (Samurai Jack)
• Horde Prime (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power); via Implanted Control Chips
• Snake Jailbird (The Simpsons)
• Kenny McCormick (South Park)
• Michael Jackson (South Park)
• Steven Quartz Universe (Steven Universe)
• Ancestral Witches (Winx Club)
• Sibini (Xiaolin Showdown)
• Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown)
• Morgana (Tales of Arcadia)

Comics

• A.D.A.M. (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Vampy Cats/The Swell (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
• Wisps (Charmed Comic)
• Doctor Bedlam (DC Comics)
• Daemonites (DC Comics)
• Deadman (DC Comics)
• Eclipso (DC Comics)
• Joseph Wilson/Jericho (DC Comics)
• Defile (DC Comics)
• Helspont (DC Comics)
• Hightower (DC Comics)
• Parallax (DC Comics)
• Glory (Image Comics)
• Kurt Kilgore (Image Comics)
• Mammon (Image Comics)
• Page (Lilo and Stitch)
• Shadow King (Marvel Comics)
• Onslaught (Marvel Comics)
• Malice (Marvel Comics)
• Luca Aldine (Marvel Comics)
• Chthon (Marvel Comics)
• Ahura Boltagon (Marvel Comics)
• Dream Catcher (Marvel Comics)
• Nate Grey/X-Man (Marvel Comics)
• The Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics)
• Xi'an Coy Manh/Karma (Marvel Comics)
• T.J. Wagner/Nocturne (Marvel Comics)
• Proteus (Marvel Comics)
• Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
• Rachel Summers (Marvel Comics)
• Nathan Summers/Cable (Marvel Comics)
• Klaus Hargreeves/The Séance (The Umbrella Academy/Dark Horse Comics)
• Lord Momin (Star Wars)
• Karness Muur (Star Wars Legends); via Muur Tailsman
• Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars Legends); via Transfer essence
• Chaos (Vampirella)
• Blood Red Queen of Hearts (Vampirella)
• Genesis (Vertigo Comics)

Movies

• Legion (5ive Girls)
• Annabelle Doll (Annabelle: Creation)
• Babadook (The Babadook)
• Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice)
• The Incubus (The Black Room)
• Arousians (The Brain from Planet Arous)
  • Gor
  • Vol
• Jimmy Lee (Double Dragon); via Double Dragon Medallion
• Koga Shuko (Double Dragon); via Double Dragon Medallion
• Spirits (Escanaba in da Moonlight)
• Pazuzu (The Exorcist)
• Azazel (Fallen)
• Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
• Vinz Clortho (Ghostbusters)
• Zuul (Ghostbusters)
• Deimata (Girl vs Monster)
• Prince Koura (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad)
• Kayako Saeki (The Grudge)
• Harrison (Heart and Souls)
• Julia (Heart and Souls)
• Milo (Heart and Souls)
• Penny Washington (Heart and Souls)
• Necromancer (Island of Lost Souls)
• Psychwave (The Incredibles)
• Elizabeth Masterson (Just Like Heaven)
• Agents (The Matrix)
  • Agent Smith
• Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street series)
• Reverend Henry Kane/The Beast (Poltergeist series)
• Samara Morgan (The Ring 2)
• Hugh Kane (Scary Movie 2)
• Darconians (Super Buddies)
  • Commander Drex
• Yan Lo (Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior)
• The Monks (Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior)
• Grimdo (Ultraman Franchise)

Live Television

• Diane (49 Days)
• Rotgut (Ace Lightning)
• Izel (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D)
• Luz (Aliados)
• The Demon (American Horror Story: Asylum)
• Burrower Demon (Angel)
• Ethros Demons (Angel)
• Demonic Hyena spirits (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Eyghon the Sleepwalker (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• The First Evil (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Ghosts (Being Human)
• Andras (Charmed)
• Ghosts (Charmed)
• Guardians (Charmed)
• The Hollow (Charmed)
• Possessor Demons (Charmed)
• The Source of All Evil (Charmed)
• Terra (Charmed)
• Androzani Trees (Doctor Who)
• The Beast (Doctor Who)
• Cassandra (Doctor Who)
• The Eight Legs (Doctor Who)
• The Family of Blood (Doctor Who)
• The Great Intelligence (Doctor Who)
• Isolus (Doctor Who)
• The Mara (Doctor Who)
• The Master (Doctor Who)
• The Midnight Entity (Doctor Who)
• Clifford Devoe/The Thinker (Arrowverse/The Flash 2014); via to Consisness Transferal
• Horrors (GARO)
• Shadows (Ghost Whisperer)
• Ghosts (The Haunted Hathaways)
  • Glenda
  • Louie Preston
  • Miles Preston
  • Ray Preston
• Green Ghoul (The Haunted Thundermans)
• Hera (Hercules) by possessing the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta
• Sylar (Heroes)
• Evil spirits (Jessie)
• Imagins (Kamen Rider Den-O)
• Xaviax (Kamen Rider Dragon Knight)
• Ankh and Kazari's Yummies (Kamen Rider OOO)
• Erick (Los Protegidos)
• Marianne (Marianne)
• Cornelius Sigan (Merlin)
• Goblins (Merlin)
• Leah (MisFits); via technology
• The Entity (Nowhere Boys)
• Restoring Demons (Nowhere Boys)
• Demons (Outcast)
• Several Ranger villains (Power Rangers)
• Diane (Pure Love)
• Thin Ones (Requiem)
• Linda Twist's shadow (Round the Twist); via total eclipse separating from her body
• Veil (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
  • Androvax
• Bizarro (Smallville)
• Margaret Isobel Thoreaux (Smallville); limited to anyone who has the Mark of Transference
• Ra (Stargate)
• Anubis (Stargate SG1)
• The Goa'uld (Stargate SG1)
  • Amaunet
  • Apophis
  • Ba'al
  • Klorel
  • Osiris
• Jolinar (Stargate SG1)
• Various Super Sentai villains (Super Sentai franchise)
  • Armor of Darkness (Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger)
  • Wicked Life God Dezumozorlya (Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger)
  • Raging Knight Dogold (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger)
• The Mind-Flayer (Stranger Things)
• Martin Chatwin (The Magicians)
• Persephone (The Magicians)
• The Monsters (The Magicians)
• Angels (Supernatural)
• Demons (Supernatural)
• Eve (Supernatural)
• Khan Worms (Supernatural)
• Leviathans (Supernatural)
• Reapers (Supernatural)
• Soul Eaters (Supernatural)
• Yokoth (Supernatural)
• Witches (The Vampire Diaries/ The Originals)
  • Emily Bennett
  • Bonnie Bennett
  • Esther Mikaelson
  • Céleste Dubois
  • The Travelers
  • Katherine Pierce
  • Dahlia
• Vampire (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals); via Witches
  • Finn Mikaelson
  • Niklaus Mikaelson
  • Kol Mikaelson
  • Rebekah Mikaelson
• Various Ultramen and aliens (Ultraman series)
  • Dark Lugiel
• Dark Zagi (Ultraman Nexus)
• Mor-Taxans (War of The Worlds)
• Drill (The Whispers)
• Izel (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
• Pachakutiq/Sarge (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Literature

• Kronos (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles)
• Sarafine Duchannes (Caster Chronicles)
• Ty'iga demons (The Chronicles of Amber)
• Aura Triton (Daughters of the Moon)
• The Cunning Man (Discworld)
• Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
• Souls (The Host)
  • Wanda
• Egyptian Gods (The Kane Chronicles)
  • Apophis
  • Set
• Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls); once possessed Daniel's spirit body
• Gerathon (Spirit Animals); via Bile
• Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Stephen King's It)
• Valg (Throne of Glass)
• Remnants (Skulduggery Pleasant)

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Hollow Ichigo (Bleach)
• Tapeworm Hollow (Bleach)
• Szayelaporro Granz (Bleach)
• The Sword (Cardcaptor Sakura)
• Diffriders (Cardfight Vanguard)
• Hades' solider (Denma) via Possession Quanx ability
• Faris (Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest)
• Wraith (Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest)
• Aya Mikage (Ceres, Celestial Legend)
• Yuu Otosaka (Charlotte)
• Mao (Darker than Black)
• Demons (Devilman)
• Baby (Dragon Ball GT)
• Take-Over Users (Fairy Tail)
  • Mirajane Strauss via Satan Soul
  • Elfman Strauss via Beast Soul
  • Lisanna Strauss via Animal Soul
  • Dimaria Yesta via God Soul
  • Jenny Realight via Machina Soul
  • Vulcans
• Irene Belserion (Fairy Tail) via Enchantment
• Wendy Marvell (Fairy Tail); via Enchantment
• Zoldeo (Fairy Tail)
• Ultear Milkovich (Fairy Tail) via Possession Magic
• Atomsk (FLCL)
• Envy's parasitic form (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Dante (Fullmetal Alchemist; 2003 anime)
• Hohenheim of Lisht (Fullmetal Alchemist; 2003 anime)
• Zakenna (Futari wa Pretty Cure)
• Uzaina (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star)
• Some types of Youkai (Inuyasha)
• The Colorless King (K)
• Mukurou Rukudo (Katekyo Hitman Reborn); Through use of the possession bullet
• Ochiai (Knights of Sidonia)
• Users of bhavati yama (Kubera)
• Ryomen Sukuna (JUJUTSU KAISEN)
• Iihiko Shishime (Medaka Box)
• Fraudrin (Nanatsu no Taizai)
• Goddess Clan (Nanatsu no Taizai)
• Orochimaru (Naruto)
• Kaguya Otsutsuki (Naruto)
• Yamanaka Clan (Naruto)
• Timothy Hearst (D.Gray-man)
• Betelgeuse Romanee-Conti (Re:Zero)
• Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Moon); possessed by the spirit of Sailor Saturn
• Gods (Saint Seiya)
• Masamune Nakatsukasa (Soul Eater)
• Devaul (Super Doll Licca Chan)
• Demons (Owari no Seraph)
• Onryo (Yo-kai Watch Jam)
• Nightshroud (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)
• Yubel (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)

Video Games

• Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
• Aiden (Beyond: Two Souls)
• Terumi Yuuki (BlazBlue)
• Cpt. Xavier Jones (Clive Barker's Jericho)
• Cpt. Devin Ross (Clive Barker's Jericho); after bodily death
• The Operator (Warframe)
• Cryptosporidium/Furons (Destroy All Humans)
• Demons (Diablo)
  • Baal
  • Diablo
  • Mephisto
• Corvo Attano (Dishonored)
• Delilah Copperspoon (Dishonored)
• Third Sister/Si Bungsu (Dreadout)
• Bonethieves (Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem)
• Paxton Fettel (F.E.A.R.)
• Ultimecia (Final Fantasy VIII)
• Shuyin (Final Fantasy X-2)
• John Raimi (Geist)
• Yomiel (Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective)
• Herrscher of the Void (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Herrscher of the Corruption (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Chaos Kin (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
• Hisako (Killer Instinct)
• Ansem, Seeker of Darkness (Kingdom Hearts series); via manipulation of targets inner Darkness, allowing him to overcome their Heart
• Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts series); via manipulation of targets inner Darkness, allowing him to overcome their Heart
• Xehanort's Guardian (Kingdom Hearts)
• Ghost Kirby (Kirby)
• Hylden (Legacy of Kain)
• The Priestess (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver)
• Raziel (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver)
• Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
• Veran (The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages)
• Bellum (The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass)
• Malladus (The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks)
• Link (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker); via Command Melody
• The Grouchy Possessor (Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon)
• Lotus (MapleStory)
• Antasma (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)
• Cackletta (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)
• Kurome Ankokuboshi (Megadimension Neptunia VII)
• Celebrimbor (Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor)
• Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
• Gestalts/Shades (NieR)
• Mudukons (Oddworld series)
• Shadow Queen (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Loki Master (Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One)
• Las Plagas (Resident Evil)
• The Enchantress (Shovel Knight)
• Brain (Skylanders)
• Masker Mind (Skylanders)
• Ifrit (Sonic Rivals 2)
• Sith Emperor (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
• SHODAN (System Shock); possessing Rebecca Siddons
• Himiko (Tomb Raider 2013)
• Shion Yorigami (Touhou Project)
• Banshee (Warcraft III)
• Yo-kais (Yo-kai Watch)
• mithos yggdrasill (tales of synphonia)

Web Series

• Uncle Samsonite (Uncle Samsonite series)
• Diamanda Hagan (Channel Awesome)
• Alpha/Leonard L. Church (Red vs. Blue)
• Omega/O'Malley (Red vs. Blue)
• Geist Grimm (RWBY)
• The Darkness (Stupid Mario Brothers)
• Nox Decious (Stupid Mario Brothers)
• The Entity/Missing No. (Atop the Fourth Wall)

Other

• The Archangel (Fear Mythos)
• The Dying Man (Fear Mythos)
• EAT (Fear Mythos)
• The Eye (Fear Mythos)
• The Red Cap (Fear Mythos)
• The Wooden Girl (Fear Mythos)
• Thriller (Michael Jackson's Thriller)
• Nephilim (Nephilim)
• Dr. Bright (SCP Foundation); via SCP-963-1
• Spy Krueger (TF2 Freak)

Known Objects

• Kowaina's Mask (Yes! Pretty Cure 5)
• Hoshina's Ball (Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!)
• Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (The Evil Dead series)
• SCP-035 - Possessive Mask (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1510 - The Tarnished Legionnaire (SCP Foundation)
• Anubis (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III Stardust Crusaders)
• Gikon (Bleach)

Gallery

Cartoons

The Lich (Adventure Time)

Zs'Skayr (Ben 10)

Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) possesses Ghostfreak's possession.

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Alpha (Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United)

Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom) overshadowing his friend Tucker.

World (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) has the ability to possess objects.

Shendu (Jackie Chan Adventures) possessing Valmont.

Snake Jailbird (The Simpsons) possessing Homer via a toupee transplant, allowing Snake to exact his revenge on the witnesses who testified for his execution.

Sibini (Xiaolin Showdown)

Kenny McCormick (South Park) while possessing Rob Schneider.

Comics

A.D.A.M. (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) possessing the body of Tommy Turtle.

Jericho (DC Comics) can only posses individuals via eye contact.

Daniel Kilgore (Image Comics) can only transform into Haunt when the ghost of his dead brother Kurt Kilgore possesses him.

The entity known only as Malice (Marvel Comics) possessing Alex Summers/Havok.

Chthon (Marvel Comics) possessing Quicksilver.

Agamotto (Marvel Comics) was capable of possessing powerful mages such as Daimon Hellstorm...

....and superpowered beings like the New Avengers.

Kuurth, Breaker of Stone (Marvel Comics) possessing The Juggernaut during the Fear Itself event.

Xi'an Coy Manh/Karma (Marvel Comics)

The ancient sith Karness Muur (Star Wars Legends) used the Force to seal his soul in the Muur Talisman before his first death, allowing him to possess anyone who wore it so long as their will wasn't strong enough to resist his own, as was the case with his longest host, Celeste Morne.

Following his death on Mustafar, Lord Momin's (Star Wars) essence inhabited his mask, allowing him to possess anyone who wears it, including an Imperial lieutenant...

...a Mustafarian...

...and his own resurrected body.

The Transcendent Naphalem Genesis (Vertigo Comics) possessed Reverend Jesse Custer during his last sermon, causing a massive explosion that killed everyone inside the church except for Jesse, who emerged from the demolished building without a single injury.

The Red Blood Queen of Hearts (Vampirella) is a cultist of the demon god Chaos whose soul was trapped into a playing card, forcing her to possess any mortal woman who touches the card to regain a physical form.

Chaos (Vampirella) possessing Adam van Helsing.

Movies

Gor (The Brain from Planet Arous) possessing Steve March.

Ash Williams (The Evil Dead) being possessed by the spirit of the Necronomicon, turning him into a Deadite.

Kayako Saeki (The Grudge)

Agents (The Matrix Trilogy) have the power to Possess a person and turn them into a replica.

Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

Hugh Kane (Scary Movie 2) possessed multiple characters in the film.

Literature

Wanderer (The Host), an alien "Soul" is put into the human body of Melanie Styrider for information on the where about of other humans who haven't be inseminated by the "souls".

Live Television

A demonic hyena (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) possesses a group of students.

The Beast (Doctor Who) possessed Toby Zed so he could escape Krop Tor ...

... and possessed Sanctuary Base's Ood as well to act as his Legion.

An Eight leg (Doctor Who) possesses Sarah Jane.

The Mara (Doctor Who) has possessed Tegan on various occasions.

Louie Preston (The Haunted Hathaways)

Miles Preston (The Haunted Hathaways)

Luke and Emma (Jessie) being possessed by evil spirits.

Erick (Los Protegidos) can possess any body.

Androvax (Sarah Jane Adventures) possessing Sarah Jane Smith.

Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux (Smallville) possessing the body of her descendant Lana Lang.

Anubis (Stargate SG-1) has no body and uses a human-shaped force-field to keep his energy form intact. Without it, he can possess any human and use their body as his own, but the body will decay as a result of holding him.

Azazel (Supernatural) possessing John Winchester.

Lucifer (Supernatural) possessed Nick, his plan b vessel...

....but because Nick is not his true vessel, his body decayed from Lucifer's sheer power...

The Leviathans (Supernatural) possessing Castiel and his vessel, Jimmy Novak.

...later possessing Castiel's vessel.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) under Hollow Ichigo's control during his final showdown with Ulquiorra Cifer.

One of Szayelaporro Granz's (Bleach) many parasitic powers is the ability to take full control of whatever creature tries to devour him.

The Sword (Cardcaptor Sakura) possessing Rika Sasaki.

Yuu Otosaka (Charlotte)

Baby (Dragon Ball GT)

Baby Vegeta (Dragon Ball GT), the result of Baby possessing Vegeta.

Fraudrin's (Nanatsu no Taizai) true form.

Fraudrin (Nanatsu no Taizai) possessing Dreyfes.

Ryomen Sukuna, the King of Curses (JUJUTSU KAISEN) possessing the body of Yuji Itadori.

Irene Belserion (Fairy Tail) possessing Wendy Marvell, even naming herself Wendy Belserion.

Dimple(Mob Psycho 100) possessing Mob to defend the child's body and do some sick flips.

Web Original

True to its name, SCP-035 - Possessive Mask (SCP Foundation) can possess its wearer.

Video Games

Furons (Destroy all Humans) are infamous of possessing other organisms in order to blend in and gather information.

Shuyin (Final Fantasy X-2)

The Chaos Kin (Kid Icarus: Uprising) possessing Palutena.

The Hylden Lord (Legacy of Kain)

Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda) possessing Zelda.

The Grouchy Possessor (Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon)

Abe (Oddworld) possessing a Slig.

Diablo (Diablo) possessing Aidan

Baal (Diablo) possessing Tal Rasha

Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts) can possess others by overcoming the darkness in their hearts.This has created multiple versions of himself.

Videos

The Boondocks - Stinkmeaner Strikes Back

As a ghost, Colonel H. Stinkmeaner (The Boondocks) possessed Tom DuBois.

SCP-035 Possessive Mask (SCP Animation)